Analysis of In The Dusky Path Of A Dream
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
IN the dusky path of a dream I went to seek the love who was mine in a former life.
Her house stood at the end of a desolate street.
In the evening breeze her pet peacock sat drowsing on its perch, and the pigeons were silent in their corner.
She set her lamp down by the portal and stood before me.
She raised her large eyes to my face and mutely asked, 'Are you well, my friend?'
I tried to answer, but our language had been lost and forgotten.
I thought and thought; our names would not come to my mind.
Tears shone in her eyes. She held up her right hand to me. I took it and stood silent.
Our lamp had flickered in the evening breeze and died.
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| Metre | 001110111110111100101 011101101001 001010111111100100100110 11011101001011 1101111101111111 11110110101110010 1101101111111 11001111011111110110 1011100010101 |
| Characters | 648 |
| Words | 134 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 56 |
| Words per line (avg) | 15 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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